Denny Hamlin won in the Joe Gibbs’ racing 20 car Friday night in the Nationwide Series race at Daytona, the week after Tony Stewart drove the car to Victory Lane the previous week for Gibbs at New Hampshire.

Hamlin’s victory…

A few weeks ago, ol’ Left Turns poked fun at the way Greg Biffle barely sips his pre-interview, product-placement sodie, as much of a NASCAR staple as a driver sayin’ the “Sponsor’s Autocompany’s was pretty good today.” Biffie’s perhaps the…

ESPN.com reports that Tony Stewart and Office Depot have reached agreement on a sponsorship deal if Stewart moves to Haas CNC Racing as a co-owner in 2009 after his contract expires with Joe Gibbs Racing.

Wow. So much for my recent…

Clint Bowyer and Greg Biffle, both in the Top 12, have signed deals to remain with their respective teams — Bowyer with Richard Childress Racing and Biffie with Roush Fenway.

Bully for both of ‘em, and bully for doin’ it…

St. Louisan Ken Schrader and wife Ann are chairing the 2008 Strong Kids Scholarship Campaign for the Cannon Memorial YMCA, which is auctioning a race weekend package for the NASCAR Bristol race in August.

The prize package includes …

* (2) Bristol Grandstand…

Kyle Busch extended his lead in the NASCAR Sprint Cup points standings with a victory Sunday at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, Calif.

Busch started 30th and picked his way through the field, which included the so-called road-course ringers, en route…

Carl Edwards returned to Victory Lane in the Nationwide Series with a win Saturday night at Milwaukee, but he skipped his usual post-victory backflip out of respect for NHRA driver Scott Kalitta, who died after his car exploded, then crashed…

Checking in with musings about NASCAR …

 – News: Petty Enterprises “partners” with a venture capital firm, Boston Ventures, which actually takes over controlling interest of the Petty race teams and the Richard Petty Driving Experience.

Views: Another one bites the dust, with…

On the tailpipe of his eighth-place finish in the Coca-Cola 600, Elliott Sadler has signed a contract extension with Gillett Evernham Motors.

Sadler, he of bolgona burgers and helmet-tossing, has been with Evernham since the middle of the 2006 season…

Perhaps it’s because so many cars have been running askew in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup series, with rear wheels making right turns, as engineers find gray areas in which to push the envelop within NASCAR’s specs for it’s new-fangled, winged car.

Or perhaps it’s…